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The Royal Society, a font of information

Last year the Royal Society celebrated its 350th anniversary, a festival in which the Bassetti Foundation participated in the form of Cristina Grasseni’s visit to London and involvement in the Harvard University Science and Democracy Network international meeting, part of the celebrations. In the run up to this celebration the Royal Society established its Science ... The Royal Society, a font of information

Citizen Science

In one of my previous postings I looked at the work of Ben Goldacre and in particular his book Bad Science. My argument also drew upon subject matter from previous postings, namely the work of Robert Winston and Lennard Davis. All of these authors argue that there is a need to educate the general public ... Citizen Science

Bergamo Science Festival

From the 1st to the 17th of October the Italian town of Bergamo hosts the 8th annual BergamoScienza Festival. The organizers state in their introduction to the program that their goal is to take science onto the street and make it accessible to maximum number of people possible, and the festival hosts an impressive number ... Bergamo Science Festival

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Passion for science – ESOF2010 a Torino

Euroscience è un’associazione paneuropea di persone interessate a costruire una Europa scientifica “dal basso verso l’alto”. Euroscience ogni due anni organizza ESOF (Euroscience Open Forum), un meeting europeo biennale dedicato alla ricerca e all’innovazione scientifica. Agli incontri di ESOF partecipano scienziati, ricercatori di tutte le età, imprenditori e innovatori, politici, comunicatori e il pubblico di ... Passion for science – ESOF2010 a Torino

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Different forms of expertise

Lunedì 3 maggio si è svolto presso la sede della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti un seminario con il professor Wiebe E. Bijker, professore di Tecnologia e società all’Università di Maastricht (Olanda). Abbiamo già pubblicato l’intervista al professor Bijker fatta da Margherita Fronte (Il ruolo degli esperti nella democrazia), ora rendiamo disponibile la registrazione del seminario e ... Different forms of expertise

Responsabili del progresso – presentazione del libro ‘Etica e Verità’

“Veca: essere responsabili del progresso” così titolava la recensione di Arturo Colombo (Corriere della sera, 7 febbraio 2010) del libro “Etica e Verità” di Salvatore Veca. Una breve ma precisa recensione, che sceglie di evidenziare uno dei tanti fili rossi su cui si dipana il complesso ragionamento di Veca: quello della responsabilità. Prima citando Hans ... Responsabili del progresso – presentazione del libro ‘Etica e Verità’

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COMMUNIA Conference 2009: Global Science & Economics of Knowledge-Sharing Institutions

The Second COMMUNIA International Conference entitled Global Science & Economics of Knowledge-Sharing Institutions takes place from Sunday 28th of June to Tuesday 30th of June 2009 in Turin, Italy. As an introduction to looking at some of the implications of and for knowledge-sharing I would like to take a look at the COMMUNIA website in ... COMMUNIA Conference 2009: Global Science & Economics of Knowledge-Sharing Institutions

Jonathan Hankins

Technoscientific Innovation

Responsibility and New Models of Democracy in Science and Society Relationship Edited by Giuseppe Pellegrini I libri della Fondazione Giannino Bassetti, Rubbettino, 2008 Il ritmo e la pervasività delle innovazioni tecnoscientifiche pone nuove e pressanti domande al mondo della politica in un momento in cui le decisioni riguardanti l’ambiente e la vita dei cittadini non ... Technoscientific Innovation

Science in Society: dialogues and Responsibility conference

A major conference entitled Science in Society: dialogues and Scientific Responsibility takes place in Paris at the Economic and Social Council on the 24th and 25th November 2008. The objective of the conference is to discuss the place science holds within our society. The foundations of this discussion are the growing distrust citizens show towards ... Science in Society: dialogues and Responsibility conference

Mariachiara Tallacchini
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What’s the social and ethical responsibility of basic science?

Reflections from a debate at the 2008 Euroscience Open Forum by Maximilian Fochler, Department of Social Studies of Science, University of Vienna Science for a better life – the Euroscience Open Forum 2008 From July 18 to 22 2008 more than 4000 scientists, journalists, policy makers and other interested audiences convened in Barcelona for the ... What’s the social and ethical responsibility of basic science?